Peter Forbes, 10th Earl of Granard

Peter Arthur Edward Hastings Forbes, 10th Earl of Granard (born 15 March 1957), is an Irish peer.

Early life Lord Granard was born as Peter Arthur Edward Hastings Forbes on 15 March 1957. He was the only son of The Honourable John Forbes (1920–1982), a Flight Lieutenant of the Royal Air Force, and the former Joan Smith. He has three older sisters, Susan Forbes, Patricia Moira Forbes and Caroline Mary Forbes.

His paternal grandparents were the 8th Earl of Granard and Beatrice, Countess of Granard (née Mills), an American socialite who was the daughter of Ogden Mills and a descendant of the Livingston and the Schuyler families of New York. On his father's side, he had two aunts, Eileen, Lady Bute, of Scotland, and Moira, Countess Rossi, of Switzerland. His mother was the third daughter of A. Edward Smith of Sherlockstown House in County Kildare.

Personal life On 1 September 1980, Lord Granard married Nora Anne Mitchell, a daughter of Robert Mitchell of Portarlington, County Laois. Together, they are the parents of four children:

Jonathan Peter Hastings Forbes, Viscount Forbes (b. 1981) Hon. David Robert Hastings Forbes (b. 1984)

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